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Ironically, the comparison album itself contains a track with obvious "fake" bit-depth.
I figured this out by checking the lowest 8 bits of the track "A Fool For You - Carmen Gomes-dxd-352kHz-24bit.wav" and it turned out to be null.
I further compressed this file into flac and the file size dropped from 459MB to 102MB. As a comparison, the file "A Fool For You - Carmen Gomes-pcm-192kHz.wav" which is claimed to have the same bit-depth and a lower sample rate only dropped from 250MB to 140MB after compression.
The track "A Fool For You - Carmen Gomes-flac -352kHz.flac" also has most of it's lowest 8 bits to be null, with about 23% of 0b00000001 and another 23% of 0b11111111, due to possible DSP numerical errors.
I'm actually sad that a reference album made such a mistake, and it clearly reflects the severity of the upsampling problem.
Excelente som e linda voz de Carmen Gomes, adoro som de guitarra de Tettero.
es ist sehr interessant, ein und den selben Titel in unterschiedlichen Datensätzen zu hören und das kostenlos, ganz besonders jedoch ist immer der Vergleich zu CD-Qualität, lupenrein der Titel in den unterschiedlichen Formaten, meine Tendenz geht zu DSD, Danke für die Gelegenheit dazu.
The DXD 352kHz 32bit prooved to be the clear winner. More spacious, better high notes. You can clearly hear the little details of every instrument and voice. Thanks for the opportunity.
Wonderful!
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Every DAC has it's own character, some sounds better using PCM files and some sounds better using DSD files......some people find the convenience of FLAC files more important.
Here on this page is a list containing a song in 10 different formats.
The song is called 'A Fool For You' and is performed by Carmen Gomes Inc.
It’s taken from the album 'Carmen Sings The Blues'.
Link to album: Carmen Gomes Sings The Blues
All the different formats have the same source file, DXD 352kHz (Studio Master).
We used the XiSRC app for the conversion to DSD and Steinberg Wavelab for the conversion to the other PCM formats and FLAC.
When you compare different sample rates always start with the lowest resolution.
During listening don't focus too much, hearing is as individual as taste but hearing is also something which can be acquired, like the taste of good wine.
You can choose from the following formats:
1. DXD 352kHz-32bit
2. DXD 352kHz-24bit
3. PCM 192kHz
4. PCM 96kHz
5. DSD 256
6. DSD 128
7. DSD 64
8. FLAC 352kHz
9. FLAC 192kHz
10. FLAC 96kHz
Original recording format DXD 352kHz.
Catalog Number: SL-1023A
The track we used for the sampler; 'A Fool For You', is taken from the album; 'Carmen Gomes Sings The Blues'. The album was recorded live in MCO Studio 2. The recording was a collaboration with Rhapsody Analogue Recordings (RAR).
We recorded in DXD (352,8khz) and RAR recorded simultaneously to a Studer A80 Reel to Reel tape machine. We used the same set of microphones but split the signals sending them both to our digital workstation as well as to a Studer analogue mixer, where the signals were mixed using various vintage analogue equipment.
We liked the color the vintage equipment added to the voice and decided to record that track as well. That is the vocal track we used for the initial mix.
The Sound Liaison team; Peter Bjørnild & Frans de Rond